Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Scammers are sending fake USPS package email or text messages like the one below with tracking number us9524901185421 to potential victims. The scam messages claim the recipients' package has been stopped and will only be delivered if a fee is paid. Recipients are then asked to click a link to make payment, but that link goes to a fake USPS website that steals account credentials, personal and financial information.
Your Package US9524901185421 Is Stopped at our Post"Dear customer,USA Post informs you that your shipment US9524901185421 is still waiting for your instructionsIt will be delivered as soon as the costs are paid.Fees to be paid: USD 1.99 $
Your Package US9524901185421 Is Stopped at our Post"
Dear customer,
USA Post informs you that your shipment US9524901185421 is still waiting for your instructions
It will be delivered as soon as the costs are paid.
Fees to be paid: USD 1.99 $
The link in the email goes to the following fake and phishing USPS website:
http://rkpolin .com/USPS/US9524901185421/
If you have received the us9524901185421 USPS scam email, please do not follow the instructions in it, just delete it.
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I received a text message 1/16/2023 at 1:55pm EST from telephone number 202-873-3209:[U.S.P.S-Postal]: You have a package with wrong address in our transit warehouse, please update your address. Reported above to USPIS.govHow did they get the phone number saved in USPS Informed Delivery? Was USPS hacked?
I received exactly this type of message and it really looked like the USPS site. It asked for 30 cents to attempt re-delivery because something was supposedly wrong with my address. I just needed to enter all my correct information. I contacted my post office instead.
